Chapter 566 - 26: Descending Upon Chaos, Crushing a Daluo

Chapter 566: Chapter 26: Descending Upon Chaos, Crushing a Daluo

Outside the Current World.

The slaughter continued.

"We shall sweep away all enemies, shatter their broken armor, and break their war blades! We will beat the drums and ring the bells, fighting until the Immortal Blood forms a sea... Profound Clarity will return!"

The Three-Eyed Celestial God stood upon the Ancient Great Wall, raising his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade high. His every word was a cry of blood, and the third eye on his forehead was cracked and broken. His Divine Armor was in tatters, yet he fought on, never resting for a moment!

The Giant Bull carrying the Great Palace on its back roared, its head held high, and charged into the hordes of Celestial Soldiers. A single step left a mountain of corpses stretching for hundreds of millions of miles.

A Pig Demon shouldering a Nail Rake snorted, its breath flaring from its nostrils. It was savage to the extreme, displaying the might of the Celestial Realms. With every move, over three hundred Great Realms trembled in upheaval!

There was an old True Master who wielded a Divine Fire Shield, burning an Ancient Realm to cinders. A Great Emperor driving nine dragons used his Emperor Chariot to crash into the myriad armies. A Daluo who was like both Buddha and Daoist threw fists like thunder, trampling across All Realms!

The Chaos Battlefield swayed and trembled with every passing moment. The immortal skeletons were beyond count, and the divine corpses had piled up to form a vast continent!

A Daluo standing upon a Buddha Land shouted in reprimand:

"Duobao! Yang Jian! Surrender now! This war has already dragged on for thirty thousand years. Guangcheng Zi is missing, Jade Cauldron Celestial Venerable is crippled, and even Merciful is on the verge of death. You have no chance of victory!"

The Three-Eyed Celestial God raised his arm and roared:

"We will fight until the final calamity! We will kill until the end of the Era itself! When Profound Clarity returns, all Dharmas will fall silent, and the Great Sun will shine with renewed glory!"

"Nonsense." The Buddha at the Daluo Level shook his head coldly. His eighteen hands came together in a prayer gesture, and a blast of Infinite Light shot through this section of the Chaos Battlefield, annihilating many of the fighting, roaring soldiers of the Human Race.

Even the Three-Eyed Celestial God coughed up blood, severely wounded. If Duobao hadn’t been beside him to protect him, he might have already fallen!

"There are five of us Supreme beings. How can you possibly stop us? How can you stand in our way?"

As he spoke, the Great Sun Buddha approached the Chaos Battlefield. He stared at the Ancient Great Wall, and his eighteen hands struck out at once. Accompanied by a vast expanse of Infinite Light, the entire Great Wall began to shake!

"Today, we shall breach the pass! We have allowed you to cling to life for far too long. Our compassion has run its course. Now, you face the Furious Vajra!"

One after another, Daluo from the Supreme Level walked over.

The hundred eyes of the Great Virtuous Tathagata glowed brilliantly. The Unmoving Fearless Buddha formed a great seal as the giant lion beneath him roared and leaped out, clashing with the Giant Bull that carried the Great Palace.

From within the Ancient Great Wall, its only two Supreme beings also emerged. Shennong was solemn, and Xuanyuan stood tall. They each advanced to meet the five Supreme Daluo!

They were outnumbered.

The two ancient Human Emperors were each suppressed by two Supreme Daluo. The remaining Great Sun Buddha walked up to the Ancient City Wall and spoke with indifference:

"Do you still wish to fight? Profound Clarity is dead. Profound Yellow has also fallen. The dust has settled. There are no variables left!"

"Bullshit!"

Duobao laughed and cursed:

"The Years are in chaos, and the past has become uncertain! Even this battlefield is changing at every moment."

"Before the Purple Cloud Palace Master gave his sermon, the Ancient Great Wall didn’t even exist, and our side had no Supreme beings. But now, two Supreme beings have appeared, and it is as if they have been here since the dawn of time!"

"So what?" the Great Sun Buddha asked with a frown.

But Duobao just laughed loudly.

"Right now, reality and illusion are colliding, truth and falsehood coexist, and changes are happening at every instant. Perhaps in the next moment, Profound Clarity will have never died and will walk here from a distance, with each step a cycle of Reincarnation!"

"Naive. So naive."

The Great Sun Buddha shook his head coldly. A giant hand swept across, breaking through the Ancient City Wall. Duobao rushed forward to meet it, but how could a Vajra be a match for a Supreme Daluo?

He was grievously wounded and coughed up mouthfuls of blood, yet he didn’t retreat a single step. He roared:

"A temporary retreat! Wait for the next shift in the Years, then we continue the bloody battle!"

"There is nowhere to retreat!"

The Great Sun Buddha’s voice boomed. He hammered Duobao until his body was battered and broken, on the verge of shattering!

"Today, everything ends! All variables will be eliminated, and the dust will settle for good!"

Infinite Light erupted from behind the Great Sun Buddha, but under its illumination, infinite shadows also emerged from his body.

The shadows layered and stacked upon one another, forming a majestic, boundless black mountain that came crashing down on Duobao Daoist!

Duobao was severely wounded again. The injury was so profound it pierced through antiquity itself; even his past self, who was still sitting placidly on Spirit Mountain, began to crack.

All three of Yang Jian’s eyes turned red. He gritted his teeth.

"Retreat into the Great Heaven and Earth of the Current World! We’ll slay all the Immortal Gods there, wait for the Years to shift again, and await the return of Profound Clarity!"

"There is nowhere to retreat," the Great Sun Buddha said coldly. He freed one hand and sent it grasping across all of time and space, reaching for Yang Jian, Taiyi, Nezha, and the others.

Duobao roared and desperately blocked the attack. His injuries worsened, but his life was not in danger.

He grinned.

"In the end, you still lack true courage. When killing my past selves, you only dared to go as far back as the years I joined the Buddhist Sect. You don’t dare go any further. Are you afraid of my Master?"

In the past, at countless points in time, Tathagata Duobao coughed up mouthfuls of blood. But in an even earlier time, before the Zhou Dynasty, Duobao Daoist remained completely unharmed!

The Great Sun Buddha did not get angry, only saying calmly:

"You are right. I do fear the Spirit Treasure Great Heavenly Venerate. That is why I have refrained from completely annihilating you on several occasions. But today... you will not be able to protect the beings behind you."

After speaking, he seized Duobao and retreated, leaving the Ancient Great Wall.

And at the same time, from the depths of Chaos, another Daluo arrived. His presence was like heavenly thunder, his might as vast as an abyssal sea.

"How could it be... you?"

Duobao was stunned. The two ancient Human Emperors’ expressions also changed as they stared intently at the approaching Daluo.

The Daluo gave an apologetic smile and spread his hands.

"I originally had no intention of joining this battle. After all, this is all merely the result of a collision between reality and illusion. In the end, it might not even be real. But..."

He chuckled.

"They offered far too much..."

As he spoke, this Daluo approached the Ancient Great Wall. The majestic pass did not activate its power to stop him. Even the spirit of the Ancient Great Wall bowed its head in reverence.

The Daluo stepped onto the city wall and spoke with a smile:

"As part of the deal, I will annihilate all of you. But rest assured, your deaths may not be true deaths."

"With reality and illusion colliding and the past unfixed, this place is constantly changing. You might die in this instant, but perhaps you’ll come back to life in the next, eh?"

As he spoke, Fu Xi stepped forward. He pointed a finger, which transformed into an Infinite Realm that blotted out everything and crushed down toward Yang Jian and the others.

Yang Jian’s face changed, and he roared:

"Retreat! Retreat into the Great Heaven and Earth! The Great Heaven and Earth has not yet fully recovered, so Daluo cannot enter!"

Countless members of the Human Race and Ancient Immortals fled toward the Great Heaven and Earth, but they quickly stopped. Fu Xi’s massive hand blocked the way, seemingly having existed there for countless years. It had transcended the Years, altered the past, and cut off their path of escape!

"I’ll do it!"

Taiyi True Master threw out his Divine Fire Shield and Taiyi Duster, detonating them with a BOOM.

The Three Xiaos also hurled out the Primordial Golden Dipper, allowing this Supreme Treasure, which was near the level of a Dao Fruit, to self-destruct. Fu Xi’s giant hand shook violently, and a crack was torn open!

Now was the chance!

Yang Jian, Nezha, and the others led the group in a desperate flight toward the Great Heaven and Earth. Just as they were about to plunge inside, suddenly...

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The sound of gongs and drums, Immortal Music, and divine hymns echoed from within the Great Heaven and Earth. Following them were waves of sky-covering phenomena.

Boundless Immortal Flowers bloomed, and countless Cyan Lotuses swayed amidst a grand scene of flowing golden springs. The sheer force of this spectacle slammed into Yang Jian and the others, knocking them back just as they were about to plunge into the Great Heaven and Earth!

"Oh?"

The Great Sun Buddha, whose eighteen hands were holding Duobao and crushing him into a bloody, mangled mess, laughed heartily.

"It seems Heaven itself wants you all dead!"

After a pause, he shouted:

"Fu Xi, strike! Kill them! Leave none alive, except for the Direct Lineages of Jade Void and Biyou Palace. Slaughter them all, exterminate them!"

Nezha despaired and let out a bitter laugh:

’Is this truly the end? I might not live to see the day Uncle-Master Profound Clarity returns...’

Yang Jian closed his eyes and sighed softly, muttering to himself:

’Heaven is truly determined to destroy us...’

They were all in despair. Then, they looked toward Fu Xi with grim acceptance, waiting for the Supreme Daluo to obliterate them with a single palm strike.

However, Fu Xi didn’t move. He simply stared at the various phenomena continuously blossoming from within the Great Heaven and Earth.

Until he saw visions of Yin and Yang standing together, Heaven and Earth being pioneered, and Chaos first being judged...

His expression finally changed. He turned and left.

"The deal is off," Fu Xi declared. "I never promised you anything, and I was never here!"

As he spoke, he decisively altered past history. Choosing to renege on their deal, he made it so that in the past, when the Great Sun Buddha had come to him for help, he had directly refused.

The past was altered, and the present changed. Fu Xi’s figure truly vanished, as if he had never come.

Consequently, the Divine Fire Shield, the Primordial Golden Dipper, and the other items that had self-destructed to tear open his palm were all restored, completely intact!

Everything that had just happened seemed to have been an illusion. Yet, bizarrely, this change in Time did not affect the memories of those below the Daluo level.

This was the unique nature of a reality where illusion and truth collided, where fact and fiction intermingled, and where the past was not fixed.

It was constantly changing, shifting along with the past.

The Great Sun Buddha was furious. He then whipped his head toward the Great Heaven and Earth, a question rising in his mind.

’What did Fu Xi see that made him break our deal and even outright refuse to let this part of history happen??’

As if by unspoken agreement, all the beings in the Chaos Battlefield turned to look at the Great Heaven and Earth, their eyes filled with confusion.

Even the few Supreme Daluo who were in the midst of battle stopped fighting!

In the next instant.

The sound of gongs and drums grew closer. They saw a Little Daoist Child standing at the grand entrance of a Daoist Palace.

The Daoist Palace existed in all pasts simultaneously, as did the Daoist Child.

He struck a gong at this moment, beat a drum in the last second, sang hymns a hundred years ago, and chanted a thousand years prior. The scenes from numerous points in time stood side-by-side.

A single person was performing a grand symphony of celestial music!

As the Daoist Palace drew nearer, visions of the dawn of the world, the first judgment of Chaos, the co-existence of Yin and Yang, the Primordial verdant light, and the Shangqing celestial lightning all appeared at once.

Boundless Immortal Flowers bloomed in this instant, and an infinite golden spring surged forth from the past!

"That’s..." Yang Jian murmured, "Purple Cloud Palace?"

The Chaos Battlefield fell deathly silent.

The Purple Cloud Palace had arrived.

The Great Sun Buddha’s scalp tingled with terror. It was that Daoist Palace!

The traveling palace of a being comparable to an Enlightened One—a fact spoken by the Demon Ancestor himself and personally witnessed by Bodhi!

In other words...

The Purple Cloud Palace Master, who had forced the Buddha Mother to kowtow with a single palm, was arriving?

In the next instant.

The Purple Cloud Palace materialized above the Chaos Battlefield. The Daoist Child stopped playing his gongs and drums and stood there quietly.

He looked down upon all living beings, down upon the several Daluo of the Supreme Level, and made a declaration:

"The Purple Cloud Palace is here. Why do you not bow?"

The countless Immortal Gods who had been holding blades and swords, about to breach the Ancient Great Wall, looked at each other in dismay. Then, one by one, they bowed down.

The Great Virtuous Buddha’s brow was furrowed into a tight knot. The Unmoving Fearless Buddha took several steps back. The Great Sun Buddha’s blood ran cold!

’Why has this personage come here?’

Yang Jian’s expression was incredibly grave. ’Although this Purple Cloud Palace Master had struck down the Buddha Mother and had once guided the Human Race,’ he thought, ’a supreme existence like this is utterly unfathomable. His intentions are unknown. I can’t tell if this is good or bad...’

Just as everyone’s hearts were pounding with fear and uncertainty,

a Daoist in a Feather Robe slowly walked out of the Daoist Palace. His right eye was tightly shut, while his left eye was wide open.

Within his wide-open left eye swirled grand phenomena such as the Cause of All Fruits, the Primordial Ancestral Qi, and the Creation of Heaven and Earth!

He walked over, descended, and stopped before Taiyi True Master.

"This little immortal, Taiyi..."

Taiyi True Master was terrified. His scalp went numb, and his heart pounded with alarm. It felt as if he were facing his own master!

’The rumors are likely true. This is a supreme existence comparable to an Enlightened One!’

Amidst the silent terror,

Taiyi True Master tried to bow, but found that he was unable to, no matter how hard he tried.

Instead, it was the Daoist in the Feather Robe who smiled and performed a salute:

"Senior Brother Taiyi, may I ask... where is Senior Brother Guangcheng?"

The great battlefield fell silent.

’Senior Brother... Taiyi?’

The Unmoving Fearless Buddha turned and fled in a panic. The Daoist in the Feather Robe glanced over in surprise.

"What are you running for?"

The Unmoving Fearless Buddha froze, not daring to move.

"You actually stopped?"

The Daoist smiled, lifted his right foot, and crossed an immense distance to step on the head of this Supreme Daluo.

"To run upon seeing me, you must be a cunning villain."

With a fleeting flash of Shangqing lightning from the Daoist’s right foot, the Supreme Daluo—along with his past, his timeline, and all that he was—utterly collapsed.